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The Darkest Hour: Survivors – what happens after the alien invasion?
This week, the Blu-Ray of the feature THE DARKEST HOUR comes out, and I’ve got a ten minute short film sequel in the special features of the release. The Darkest Hour, directed by Chris Gorak, written by Prometheus screenwriter Jon Spaihts, and produced by Timur Bekmambetov, tells the story of Earth being invaded by mysterious aliens made of electricity. The feature takes place in Moscow; my short takes place weeks after the end … Read entire article »
Filed under: Short Film
THE MINUTES: News From the Future with Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, and Cillian Murphy
Working with FOX and New Regency, I directed a fictional documentary set in the world of Andrew Niccol’s science fiction feature IN TIME about a world where time has become the currency in a population of the ageless. Posing as a kind of Michael Moore like character from the future, I set about making a socio-political investigative piece of agit prop spinning around the proposition “For a few to be immortal, many must die.” The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commercial + Promo, Short Film
JERK ALL STARS hip hop subculture web series
“Jerkin” is a hip-hop subculture that originated in Los Angeles and spread throughout the world. It had encompassed fashion, music, dance, and a DIY ethic that has motivated thousands of teenagers to produce tracks, shoot videos, and invent moves straight out of their backyards. I directed and co-produced a 15 part series called JERK ALL-STARS, sponsored by Sprite and distributed by Mysapce. The show was one part documentary and one part street-level dance competition, and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Television
SINATORO: UltraGenius Grant Morrison and I plot to destroy your mind
Award winning comic book writer and psychedelic baddass Grant Morrison is giving me a script for what might be one of the most insane American movies in a decade. SINATORO is a psychedelic science fiction revenge thriller set in a landscape made of American pop culture nightmares. Grant and I have been looking for years to do a project together. When he pitched this thing to me I had pick pieces of my blown mind … Read entire article »
Filed under: Development, Feature Film
This creature will eat your soulface! (Concept design)
This thing will eat your face and pick its teeth with your soul. I recently submitted the rough draft for my first writer/director FEATURE assignment project. And I worked with a genius monster creator who made this concept design. I can’t yet announce what the project is, and I can’t yet disclose who this artist is, but I can wrap it all up with a big old FUCK YEAH. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Development, Feature Film
The Feature Film machine begins it’s slow whir into action
2009 was a year spent deep in development. I contacted novelists, comic book writers, screenwriters and artists, looking to find material or develop stories from scratch with a multitude of collaborators. I had many amazing writers agree to work with me, to adapt scripts for me, or to give me access to their work. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Development, Feature Film
Bruce Connor tribute “FULL OF LIGHT” to screen “Black Pope” video
My video for the No-Neck Blues Band is being screened as part of the art show FULL OF LIGHT which is billed as a “gentle nod to Bruce Connor / Enfolding Angel”. I’m psyched to be a part of it. The show opens on November 8th featuring art by Devandra Banhart, Maximila Lukacs, and others. The screening will be on NOVEMBER 20th and features film and video curated by Aran Reo Mann and Jeremy Rendina. More info at www.fulloflightshow.com … Read entire article »
Filed under: News
Sonic Youth and Pitchfork TV
Thanks SONIC YOUTH and PITCHFORK TV for posting my Excepter “Any and Every” video as part of the video playlist created by Sonic Youth this week. It is HERE … Read entire article »
Filed under: News
Dark Root of the Dream
For the past several weeks I have been collaborating with Donovan Leitch, Ken Roht, and Lanny Cordola on a “GYPSY-GLAM” rock musical called DARK ROOT OF THE DREAM. Donovan and Lanny wrote it, Donovan stars, Ken directed and co-stars, and I have created Video design to be projected throughout the performance. This included shooting/directing several small shoots with the actors, as well as experimenting with all sorts of visual alchemy combining motion graphics and effects. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: News
At 6am We Become the Police
Europeans, mark your calendars. The FULL LENGTH film I have made with + about the No-Neck Blues band, “AT 6AM WE BECOME THE POLICE,” will have it’s premiere screening at the BOZAR CINEMA, a part of the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium, on May 5th 2009. I will be attending the screening, along with the entire band who will also perform a set. I am so excited to be showing the film at such … Read entire article »
Filed under: Feature Film
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